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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in North Grove Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Grove Addition and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for North Grove Addition:
- 44.431356, -96.788389
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on North Grove Addition
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Brookings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brookings County
- Since North Grove Addition is near Deuel County and also Hamlin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deuel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamlin County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for North Grove Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Grove Addition ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Badger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prairie Queen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Queen is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Queen
- Rutland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stone Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Bridge is located in Hamlin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Sunnyview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyview is located in Brookings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
- Estimated population in 2014: 17 people
How Far From North Grove Addition to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Grove Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Grove Addition and extending to:
- Brookings, which is the Seat of Brookings County, lies just to the South.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from North Grove Addition to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,040 miles [8,111.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Grove Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from North Grove Addition to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Grove Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4314, Longitude: -96.7884 In this case, the coordinates for North Grove Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.805 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.708 degrees. |
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